Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S 35277, Samuel Eaton, Continental (Mass.)

SERVICE
Continental (Mass.) Eaton, Samuel
NUMBER
S 35277
CONTENTS

18.285 R
District of Maine
Samuel Eaton
of Brunswick in the state of Maine who was a Private in the regiment commanded by Colonel Kimney of the Massachusetts line, for the term of One year
Inscribed on the Roll of District of Maine at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 27 of April 1818
Certificate of Pension issued the 19 of July 1820 and sent to Jordan Stebbins Esq. Bath D Maine
Arrears to 4th of Mar. 1819. 82.09
Semi-ann. all'ce ending 1st 1819. 48.00
10 Mo. \frac{4}{30} \frac{4}{51}
$130.09
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
Continental records Records corrected
Notification sent the 31 July 1820, to John Murphy Esq. Esq. Bath D Maine

Samuel Eaton.
Omaha Spring  Spring  Spring Map Line 1776 - 1876
Dec 27 th April 1878
The Certificate of the Judge of Credibility & disinterested party with reference to the same -
Admitted
Apr. 27.

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, } Lincoln COUNTY, ss. }
To the Hon. Isaac Stobbs or of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, (called the Second eastern circuit ) which is a Court of record in the State of Massachusetts.
The Declaration under Oath of Samuel Eaton formerly a Revolutionary Soldier engaged in the Service of the United States during the Revolutionary War, now a Citizen of the United States and resident of the town of Bethlehem county of Cumberland and State of Massachusetts, respectfully sheweth,
THAT the said Samuel Eaton enlisted into Captain Perkins Company in Colonel Wheeler's Regiment in the Massachusetts line about the month of February 1776 for one year - and continued to serve in the same Regiment and Company until the month of January 1778 at which time he was honorably discharged at Lake George in the State of New York which discharge was lost about thirty years ago and has not since been able to find it -
And the declaration further sheweth, that the said Samuel Eaton is now a citizen of the United States, resides in the town of Bethlehem county of Cumberland and State of Massachusetts, and is by reason of his reduced circumstances in life, in need of assistance from his country for support
He is Sixty Three years of age
Therefore the said Samuel Eaton conceives himself entitled to the benefit of the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War," approved 18th March, 1818, and requests your Honor will examine into the the truth of the matter aforesaid, certify and transmit

the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War, to the end that such relief may be had in the premises, as is by law in such case made and provided.
Sam l Eaton
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, Lincoln COUNTY, ss. Personally appeared Sam l Eaton of the town of Dumserick county of Penobscot and State of Massachusetts, being duly sworn, saith, that the matters by him set forth in the foregoing Declaration, are in all respects just and true.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 27 th day of April 1818, } Josiah Stebbins, a Judge of the C.C.C.P. 2 d E.C.
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, Lincoln COUNTY, ss. Personally appeared John Dunlap Joseph Root and being duly sworn according to law, do depose and say that they are personally acquainted with Samuel Eaton late a Soldier in Colborne  Hunting Regiment Mass. line and well know that he served agreeable to the aforesaid Declaration - having served in the same Regiment with him - John Dunlap Joseph Root
Sworn and subscribed before me this 27 th day of April 1818, } Josiah Stebbins, a Judge of the C.C.C.P. 2 d E.C.
July 6. 1819. On satisfactory evidence I certify that the above John Dunlap and Joseph Root are disinterested and credible. Josiah Stebbins.

BE IT REMEMBERED , That on this twenty seven day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and Eighty before me
thousand eight hundred and 62 before me Sarah Hobbins a Single of the the Circuit Court of Common Pleas, called the Second Eastern circuit of Massachusetts, which is a Court of record, personally appeared the aforesaid
Samuel G. Eaton
who being by me duly Sworn To the truth of the facts stated in the foregoing Declaration and having duly subscribed the same, hath before me  the foregoing  declared as their expressed, and on examination and enquiry it ap- pears to me, that by reason of his advanced age and illness in life he is in need of assistance from his country for support
WHEREUPON I being satisfied that the said Sumner G. Cook did serve in the Infantry of the United States as a Private Soldier in the Revolutionary War, against the common enemy, for the term of nine months and longer, to wit: For the term and the manner stated in the Declaration of the said applicant; and that the said applicant is fairly and justly entitled to the benefit of the Act aforesaid. THEREFORE I DO HEREBY CERTIFY and transmit the testimony in the case, and the proceedings had thereon, as before set forth, to the Honorable the Secretary of the Department of War .
GIVEN under my Hand and Seal of the said Court, at Mississippi this Twenty seven day of April in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
Josiah Stebbins, a Judge of the C.C.C.P. 2 d D. C.
Abraham for Nathl. Coffin - Clerk of the judicial courts within and for the county of Lincoln hereby certify that Nathl. H. Dorr is a duly qualified clerk of said court and qualified for the same as per act concerning the courts of Lincoln county in force at present and that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of said act In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of said court this 3 rd day of June 1818 -

N 182. Samuel Baton
Copy
13285
(Sept 1819)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. DISTRICT OF MAINE, ss.
At a District Court of the United States begun and holden at Portland  within and for the District of Maine, on the first Tuesday, being the sixth . . . day of June and by adjournment from day to day, on the fifteenth day of June . . . in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty, before the Honorable ALBION K. PARRIS, Judge of said Court.
ON this fifteenth . . . day of June . . . in the year above written, personally appeared in open Court, the same having "the power of fine and imprisonment," and being a Court of Record for said Maine District, Samuel Eaton . . . aged sixty five . . . years, resident in Brunswick , in said District, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath declare that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows, viz. as a Private . . . in the company commanded by Capt. John York . . . in the Regiment commanded by Colonel Putnam . . . in the line of the State of Massachusetts on the Continental Establishment, as is more particularly mentioned and described in his original declaration, made on the twenty seventh day of April . . . A. D. 1810, and on which said declaration his Certificate of Pension, numbered 13205 . . . was granted. And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner disposed of my property, or any part thereof, with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the Revolutionary War," passed on the 18th day of March, 1818: and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts, or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed, and by me subscribed; that my occupation and ability to pursue the same, together with the number and other particulars of my family, are in fact and in truth as is particularly described on the back hereof, also subscribed by me.
Samuel Eaton
Sworn to and declared, on the fifteenth day of June . . . A. D. 1820. }
BEFORE
Albion K. Parris
} U. S. District Judge for the District of Maine.

SCHEDULE of the real and personal estate, (necessary clothing and bedding excepted) belonging to me the subscriber, viz:
Real estate — I have none — Personal estate — one cow, one swine, five sheep and a few articles old furniture
Samuel Eaton
Sworn to June 15. 1820 Before
Albion H. Parris U.S. Dist: Judge
SCHEDULE of the family residing with me Samuel Eaton . . . who, by occupation am a Millman . . . which I am not able to pursue by reason of the rheumatism —
   NAMES. AGES. Capacity of each to contribute to their support.     Dorothy Eaton (wife) 65 very feeble by reason of infirmities   Sarah Eaton, daughter 27 tolerable healthy & willing to work  
Samuel Eaton
Sworn to Before
Albion H. Parris U.S. Dist: Judge

MAINE DISTRICT, ss.
I, JOHN MUSSEY, JUNR. Clerk of the District Court of the United States for Maine District, do hereby certify, that the foregoing oath, and the schedules thereto annexed, are truly copied from the Record of the said Court; and I do further certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule, is twenty seven dollars and sixty seven cents. and no more
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court, on this fifteenth day of June . A. D. one thousand eight hundred and twenty.
John Mussey Junr
{ Clerk of the U. States District Court for Maine District.
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It now will be shown by these observations that the whole width of Penn's Creek is in the County of Cumberland in Pennsylvania; and that the road the course of which was described and which was followed and which has been used since by David Dunlap Dunlap's and Nicholas Dunlap's merchant is a road Provincially the road is known as the road at Sun- bury, the road is one, and will be continue into the said District of Sunbury and the said District there is said to be a certain tract or parcel of land situated in Penn's Creek in the County of Penn- sylvania as follows, to wit, beginning at a hemlock tree marked at a hemlock tree in a field on the river joining on a tract of land formerly owned by Isaac Leest Esq. thence running south in a line along the west side of the said road to a stone wall to a spruce tree marked on four sides, thence north east, then down the said road to a hemlock tree marked, thence north east to a spruce tree marked, thence north east to a hemlock tree marked on four sides, thence to the line of said river to the first mentioned stone wall, and so on and so forth above described to the County Road
...and ... in ...
I am Wilton  Tracy
Dear Sir,
I am very sorry to hear of the death of the dear friend. I have been thinking of you and your dear children. I hope to see you again soon. I am, as ever, your loving friend.
Do not let go to town, Scal
...June 6th 1844... ...the... ...before... ...to the... ...Salon... ...Dorchester...

Cumberland Is. Septemr. 30th 1820. I certify that the foregoing Deed from Samuel Eaton to David & Richard T. Dunlops is a true copy as received & recorded with the records of Deeds for said County January 10th 1814 — & furthermore the said David & Richard T. Dunlops have not reconveyed lands to said Samuel Eaton, nor any other person. — as appears by the records of said County.
Elias Merrill Reg. of Deeds for said County
Cranwich September 30th 1820. We the subscribers Selectmen of Cranwich do hereby certify that Samuel Eaton never owned any lands in this or any other Town within our knowledge excepting that on which he now resides and is the same lands described in the foregoing Deed from him to David & Richard T. Dunlops and that he is old & infirm and unable to labor and is very poor and has not been taxed for his poll or any property in the Town for several years past.
Ebenezer Cushing Edward Raymond Jacob Russell
The true substance of the foregoing is that we have known Mr. Samuel Eaton for several years that he never owned any lands within our knowledge excepting that described in the foregoing Deed from him to David & Richard T. Dunlops that he is poor and distressed and unable to labor and in our opinion is justly entitled to assistance from his Country.
John Stone Moderator David Dunlops Daniel Stone, Peter O. Alden Ebenezer Cushing, Philip Queen Richard T. Dunlops, Shimeon Green John Coburn

M c Hill requests M c Edwards to make the examination asked for as en- closed, & give him the earliest in- formation of the result.
Jan y . 19. 1822.

35 277 Copy INVALID.
File No. 35 277
General Estate John Doe
Act: 18 th March 18 th
Index:—Vol. 9, Page 118
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Brunswick State of Maine June 1820.
Samuel Eaton of Pembroke in this State having heretofore drawn the pension has a Farm worth 5 or 600 Dollars. he is owing D r N o Duntap about 100 Dollars. on the same, I am informed he has made application under the last act for his Pension, This is to inform the Government, that they may act accordingly
Yours A. Duntap
* and Stock & utensils on said Farm beside

Remove the sus- pension in S. Eaton's case. Hon. M. L. Hill informed here. of June 21. 1823.
See letter to the Agent 21 April 1823

War Dep
Pf
SIR:
You are hereby informed property has been examined, and the Se ed your name to be continued on the P You will be paid , at the ensuing semi- next, the sum that may be then due from your pension. Funds for the purpose time; but no arrearages will be paid pre
I am,
Y
To Mr.
U. S. Pensi

Danl Eaton Hawt. M. S. Hill
= Applicant aged 65 yrs -
= Wife, 65 - daughter, 27.
= "No real estate" Sched: 21. 67.
1 st - Information rec d by the Dept t of War, dated June 1820, that Applicant owned a small farm, worth 5 or 600 dol s -
2 nd - same information, from the same person, dated 16 Aug t 1820.
[Both statements mention, that if Applicant paying $120 or $150 the land will be clear of incum ce ance.]
3 rd - Certificate from R. T.
Dunlop, Sept r 8 th 1820 stating that D. Dunlop & R. T. Dunlop furnished Applicant in 1814, with a sum of money to pay a debt due from him; when Applicant executed a deed to said Dunlop, conveying his small farm to them in full simple - down reversion also. (over)
The Dunlops say, if Applicant will pay them $155, his farm shall be reconveyed to him.
4 - Copy of deed for said land, etc.
5. Three letters in favour of Applicant, stating that information relative to his owning said farm was false & malicious.
6. See certificate of Selectmen, dated 20 Dec r 1821. - from. Served one year.
21 Jan y 1822.
See letter from Applicant 1 st Jan y 1822 - add a note at the bottom from D. Dunlop
Remain suspended, until further, a more satisfactory evidence be exhibited 25 March 1822.

This will certify that Mr Samuel Eaton of Brunswick is dependant on said Town for support and that he has actually been supplied; likewise that he is the only person to our knowledge of that name who resides or has resided in said town for several years past
Caleb Cushing Selectmen Dec r 28. 1821 Edward Raymond and Caern Jacob Pinnell of the Poor for the Town of Brunswick
Cumberland ss } I Almon Bourne, Notary Public Brunswick } for the County of Cumberland in the State of Maine one of the United States of America by legal authority duly commissioned Oathsworn; residing in Brunswick in said County & State: do hereby certify and make known to whom it may concern; that Caleb Cushing, Edward Raymond, and Jacob Pinnell who have signed the above certificate are the Selectmen and Officers of Brunswick aforesaid, and that full faith and Credit may be had in their official acts, in Court and thereout. I further certify that Elias Merrill, residing at Portland in said County is the Register of deeds for said County, and has been to my knowledge for more than four years now last past; and that full faith & Credit may be had in his official acts, in Court and thereout.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed my notarial Seal this Thirty first day of December in the year of our Lord Eighteen hundred & twenty one Almon Bourne Notary Public

Clement 25
Hon John C Calhoun Secy of War Washington

This may certify that David Dunlap and Richard T. Dunlap of Brunswick County of Cumberland State of Maine paid for Samuel Eaton of said Brunswick sum of money to pay a demand against said Eaton in January 1814. said Eaton gave said Dunlaps a deed of his Farm of fifty acres on which said Eaton now lives and improves, said Farm is worth five or six hundred Dollars. and there is now due to said Dunlaps the sum of one hundred fifty five dollars. or there about if said Eaton will now come forward and pay the above sum the above named farm will be conveyed to him the said Eaton the above is a true statement of the of the business Yours R. T. Dunlap
Brunswick Sept th 8 th 1820.
The Secy of War - Washington
I do not wish to have my name go from the Office of the War Department - but am ready to disprove to the same.
You may probably have a statement that the above land belongs to said Dunlaps - which is true - but in the manner as above stated, precisely.

Brunswick January 1st 1822
Sir I am very sorry to be under the necessity of troubling you with the following business. The substance of which I will relate. For under the original act allowing a Pension to Revolutionary Soldiers I received a Pension; under the additional act of 1820 I went before the district Judge of this State and again made application and gave a schedule of my property, on which a Certificate issued stating that I was retained on the Pension Roll; Not long after I recd a letter dated Aug 23 rd 1820. from the Principal Clerk in the Pension Office saying that they had received information that I owned a Farm of 50 acres of Land and that the Agent was directed to withhold payment until the subject was investigated. In September or October following I forwarded to the Secretary of War such Certificates as I presumed & expected would satisfy him that I was justly entitled to a Pension, which Certificates I presume are still in the War Office. I now inclose another Certificate which you will have the goodness to forward to the War Office, the reason of my wishing to have Elias Merrill's name mentioned in the Notaries certificate is that he signed one of the most important Certificates that was forwarded more than a year since and I wish to prove the fact of his being Register of Deeds that there may be no further delay.
Two or three letters have been written by my request to know if any decision had been made on the subject, in answer to the last written, which was in April, I received information that it had not been investigated but whenever it should be, I should be notified thereof since which I have not heard a lisp respecting it. I have to request that you will call

at the Pension Office and make inquiry what the situation of the business is, and hope they to make a decision as I have no doubt it will be in my favor, if so, and is known here will enable me to obtain some credit which will make me more comfortable the present winter and save me the mortification of calling on the Town repeatedly for the real necessaries of life
I am Sir with respect your Obl Servt Jones & Eastern
Hon Mark L. Hill Representative in Congress
Brunswick Jan'y 7th 1822
Dr Sir You will confer a favor on me by attending to the above business and giving me the earliest information respecting it -
It is my opinion that he is entitled to a Pension and to my certain knowledge he is very poor -
With respect I am Sir yr obl Servt
David Dunbar
Hon Mark L. Hill

Brunswick } Paid 2 5 April 10 th }
Maine.
James M. Varnum Esq.
Washington City.
Dist. Co.
Paid.

St. Johnsbury (Maine) April 9. 1821-
Dear Sir,
I hope you will excuse me for troubling you with this, but pressing you would be cheerful to assist an old injured pensioner. I am inclined to address you - Mr Samuel Eaton of this town has formerly been a pensioner, but some time in the course of the last summer he recd a letter from the Chief Clerk in the Pension Office that some person had given information that he owned a farm of 50 acres, and that the Agent was directed not to pay him until the subject was investigated, in October last he forwarded such certificates as he presumed would prove beyond a doubt that he was justly entitled to his pension, and that the report was a malicious fabrication. Now, he wishes you to call at the Pension Office and see if the papers have been recd, (as he has never recd any communication from said office since) and if they have made a decision on the subject, he wishes also to know who informed them should refuse giving the name he wishes you to demand a copy which he presumes he is entitled to by paying for it, as he presumes there is no private business in a public office - Mr Eatons object in obtaining this information is, that he has been injured and has had to suffer in consequence of the information being lame, decried and unable to labor and this being the last resource for him to obtain a subsistence except he comes on the town for support, he presumes an

Action cannot be supported against the informant for the injury he has sustained in consequence of the delay and delay thereby, as it is very well known here that he is very poor and justly entitled to his pension —
It is rather inconsistent with our laws, that a man should be deprived of his rights on perjured evidence and that in a clandestine manner and I can't compare a man to anything better who will state a falsehood to deprive a poor individual of his just rights at the same time wishing to have his name concealed, than the assassin who will stab you at midnight and take advantage of the dark to make his escape —
If Mr Eaton had perjured himself why did not this informer whoever he may be, complain to the proper authorities and have him indicted, a procedure which the said Eaton would not shrink from, but that would not answer this misinformers nefarious purposes for he must very well know that his malice must terminate with the action and it would not injure poor old Pensions —
Whatever your trouble and expense may be in the business you will have the goodness to state in your communication and it shall be paid to your father at Boston or to any person you may direct
I am Sir, with respect
Your Oble Servt
James M. Varnum Esq
John Lubburn
P.S. Please write me at Brunswick as soon as convenient
J. C.

James L. Edwards Esq.
Pension Office
Washington
James L. Edwards - Esq
My Dear Sir
Will you have the goodness to give me the infor- mation required in the within communication — Mr Coburn is a Gentleman of respectability. Mr Eaton I do not know — if however his position has been withheld from him in consequence of his rep- resentation — It is correct that at the time of the death of James M. Warren

Litchfield Maine. Oct. 19. 1890
Hon John L. Bathurst Esq Rev. J. A. Weston Esq. Sir.
Samuel Paton of Brunswick, late a pensioner, has requested me to state to you my knowledge of his intelligent circumstances, in aid of the other proofs of it which he intends to forward to the War Department; upon which that he may be restored to the pension. He is a  He is a  good  good man which, as the states, he is at present suspended. I have for many years known this man to be very poor, and deeply indebted. For twelve years past he has appeared to be quite incapable of earning a living by his labour. He has  He has  the  the value of the land on which he lives  lives , which appears, by a copy of a deed he has shown me, to have been conveyed to David & Richd. J. Duncalf in 1814. But I know that the land was incumbered several years before, by mortgage, for a debt which he was unable to pay, and am impressed with a belief that he could not sell it for more than the sum for which it was mortgaged. I gained my information on this subject from having been originally consulted on the subject of getting security for the debt for which his land first became incumbered. The first mortgagee became himself insolvent; and he

assigned the mortgage to one of his creditors; this latter could not obtain his debt of Eaton, and had no wish to take the land by foreclosing the mortgage, as he considered it useless to him. Under these cir- cumstances, recourse was had to the Messrs Dunlaps, who assumed the debt, for a deed of the land from Eaton, the creditor having first released to him the mortgaged premises. I have reason to believe that the writings on this subject all passed through my hands, and am certain that the contracts and conveyances were entered into and executed with good faith.
With great respect and esteem
I have the honour to be your obedient servant
Alvin Cross

R. P. Sunken thing taken O'Brien.

Confidential
Barneswick February 15. 1873
Wm. M. Steele,
Dear Sir, Your letter of the fourth inst o is before me, in which you enquire of me as an honest man what the situation of Sam l . Eaton's property is — and as an honest man, I inform you, that he lives upon a small Farm about two miles from my house, which Farm I suppose would sell for 400 $ — Eaton some years since gave David and Richard T. Dunlap a warrantee Deed of this Farm he owed the Firm 200 $ he owed David Dunlap 150 $ making 350 $ due them he now owes them that sum, beside other debts to the amount of 150 $ more so that you perceived if the Farm was in his own name and he could sell, it would not pay his debts. but his deed was an absolute conveyance there being no bond nor any writing given by the Dunlaps to recovery — now Eaton now lives on the Farm and pays rent to them for the improvement of it — he is a poor man and in my opinion not worth one cent excepting his household furniture which is miserable — The above information I think you can rely upon

The foregoing information was not obtained from either of the Mr. Dunlaps, but from a source which I think must give an correct account —
You will permit me to mention one other subject, to which your attention was called the last year by your friend John O'Brien requesting you to enter his name at the Genl. Post Office as an applicant for the post Office in this Town provided the present incumbent should be removed. The people of this Town have had a meeting, and by a large majority agreed to petition the Genl. Postmaster to remove him, which with the doings of the meeting will be forwarded to him immediately — you will confer a favour on Capt. O'Brien and on myself as his friend, if you will renew the application of Capt. O'Brien before you leave Washington, and make such remarks in his favour, as you shall feel yourself justified in doing.
With much esteem I am Dear Sir
Your Ob. Serv. Robert D. Dunning

Portland March 3 rd 1821.
Hon. John C. Calhoun
Sir,
I have been requested to write you respecting the application of Samuel Eaton for a continuance of the Pension. I am informed that sometime last June he rendered a schedule of his property and that by your direction his name was continued on the Pension Roll, but in consequence of some false information that order was countermanded, since which time I am authorized to say, that the necessary papers were transmitted to the Pension Office, proving beyond any doubt of his being destitute of every kind of property and therefore entitled agreeably to the late Law, to a continuance of the Pension —
As there has not yet been any return he is extremely anxious to learn his fate. By directing one of the clerks in the Pension Office to investigate the affair will much oblige the old soldier who is dependent on charity for support. —
Yours very respectfully John P. Doye
The number of his original Certificate is 13285

Brunswick (Maine) Oct 12. 1820
Sir In answer to yours of Augt 23 d I enclose you certificate, which I presume will fully corroborate the correctness of the schedule of debts which I have sent & believe the libel false in this instance.
I have been to considerable ex- pense & trouble in obtaining copies &c, and have suffered extremely in my feelings, by having it stated that I had made oath to that which is false.
I would thank you and shall feel extremely obliged, if you will have the goodness to inform me of the name of the person who gave you the information that I owned a farm of 50 acres.
Respectfully your obedt Servt James Eaton

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Penobscot
August 16 th 1820
This will give notice that Samuel Gannett of Penobscot (Maine) has a Farm of fifty acres of Land part of the same under cultivation with stock on the same the amount of 500 to 600 dollars. He is now about 40 on the same and the same is placed in the hands of a will give notice of the same they may be interested in the same they have been in the same.
Yours S. Gannett

Washington Feb. 28 th 1823.
Sir
I have obtained from Mr. Dunning the enclosed letter in a confidential manner on the subject of Samuel Eaton's claim for a pension - As Dunning is a magistrate of great probity & correctness, I have not the least doubt, but what  he gives what are the facts in the case.
Eaton does not live in my District neither do I know him, but that he is very poor, and is entitled to a pension, there can be little or no doubt at all.
I hope you will take up this case & see cause to have his name
Mr. Edwards.
placed

on the pension roll.
As I gave no intimation to Mr. Dunning for what purpose I wanted the information, you will perceive it was not intended for the public eye - Therefore after you read the letter, or copy the extract without calling names - please forward me the letter, unless it be indispensable for you to keep them it in the office -
Yours respectfully
M. S. Hill.